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  • RAM for New Mac Pro

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    Does anybody know where you can buy RAM for the new 8-core Mac Pros yet? In the U.K?
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    http://www.crucial.com/uk/store/listparts.aspx?model=Mac%20Pro%20%288-core%29
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    That's still the PC2-5300 stuff, for the last machine. The new stuff is PC2-6400, which I've only seen at macsales.com (OWC). I've ordered some, so I can report back to the list on my experience with it, if you like. It hasn't shipped yet, but I'm hoping it will ship today - my machine is expected to arrive some time today!

    J.
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    Ok - disregard that crucial one. Were there 8 core Macs previous to this new one?
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    Yeah, just one. It was sort of quietly released on its own, without any other changes to the product line. Last summer, I think...
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    @jbm said:

    That's still the PC2-5300 stuff, for the last machine. The new stuff is PC2-6400, which I've only seen at macsales.com (OWC). I've ordered some, so I can report back to the list on my experience with it, if you like. It hasn't shipped yet, but I'm hoping it will ship today - my machine is expected to arrive some time today!

    J.
     

    The folks at Other World Computing (OWC) really know Macs. I had a bad experience with another eTailer and OWC came through with (1) understanding my problem and (2) a much lower price. So that's a recommendation but as they say, your mileage may vary.

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    Yup! I got my 16GB last week and it's been sweeeeeeeeeeet!

    J.
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    Yo JBM, what kind of performance are you getting out of the new machine, if you wouldn't mind?

    I'm about to take the leap - as soon as I make sure that nothing indispensable will break - and I'm curious what happens when you put in 16GB.

    This time I'm going to sell the old machine while it's still worth something, rather than waiting a year and having it drop down to the what's-the-point-of-selling-it range. :) Too much extra stuff in this machine to do that: PCI SATA/eSATA card, internal hard drive bracket, replacement video card for DVI-D...
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    Hey Nick,

    I haven't really loaded the machine down, yet, in terms of running projects with loads of RAM. But I have noticed, in Activity Monitor, that Logic Pro 8 appears to really put the multi-threading to work - all 8 cores run pretty much evenly, most of the time, and only cranking out around 30%, even at the busiest parts of my current score. So, I'm pretty optimistic about performance capacity, looking into the future! ;-)

    But I'm afraid I don't have too much to report, at this point. I've got a bunch of overlapping, smaller projects, and there's just no room for any new stuff - soon, I hope. If I do something that really loads this thing down, in the next few days, I'll post a quick report.

    cheers,
    J.
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    Thanks, I appreciate it.
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    Crucial is now posting a 2 GB set (1GB x 2) at 320 USD for the new Mac Pro.
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    $160/GB is expensive on my scale, and there are only eight slots. I wouldn't fill them with 1GB chips.
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    Excuse my ignorance, but what makes Mac Pro RAM so special that only certain vendors carry overpriced modules? Certication stuff?

    PolarBear 
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    No, it's having that speed in FB-DIMMs - most places only to up to the 667 MHz stuff, no 800... OWC is cheap, and it's working just fine in my system. macsales.com.

    cheers,

    J.
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    I wonder whether 667 memory works in those machines, even if its performance isn't quite as good. So far I haven't become convinced that memory speed amounts to a hill of beans in the real world, although I'm open to being convinced otherwise.
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    @Nick Batzdorf said:

    I wonder whether 667 memory works in those machines, even if its performance isn't quite as good. So far I haven't become convinced that memory speed amounts to a hill of beans in the real world, although I'm open to being convinced otherwise.


    hehe... It's very likely that the performance is not much different, but almost certainly the new machines will not take slower RAM. They'll take faster RAM, and just run as fast as they can, but not the other way. Too bad.

    J.